Frederick haberman



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERIOH HABERMAN, on NEw roan, N. Y.

SPITTOON,

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 421,273, dated February 11, 11890. Application filed August '7, 1889. Serial No. 320,037- (Nmmodeh) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, F EDERICH HABERMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Spittoons, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to improve that type of spittoon comprising a cup having a supporting-flange; and my invention consists in a spittoon composed of a hemispherical cup and a truncated skirt forming a continuation. of the top edge of the hemispherical cup and extending from such top edge downward to a point below the lowermostpart of the bottom surface of the cup to rest on a floor.

My invention is illustrated in the a-ccompanying drawings, in which Figurel represents a side elevation of my spittoon without the funnel, Fig. 2 is a detached side elevation of the funnel. Fig. 3 is a Vertical central section of the spittoon with the funnel.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, the letter A designates a hemispherical cup, and B a truncated skirt, which, as shown, forms a continuation of the top edge of such hemispherical cup, and extends from said top edge downward to a point below the lowermost part of the bottom surface of the cup to rest on a floor and support the cup in proper position for use.

The cup A and the skirt B may be made of any material suitable for the purpose-such as sheet metal, cast metal, paper-pulp, or hard rubber-and the two parts may be'made in separate pieces and united by rivets or by soldering or bracing, or they may be made of one piece of sheet metal, as shown in the drawings, and in this case the bottom edge of the skirt is strengthened by a wire, as shown in Fig.

O is the funnel, which is placed loosely over the top et go of the cup A, as shown in Fig. 3; but the cup A, with its skirt B, may be used as a spittoon without the funnel O.

The great advantage of my spittoon is that the inner smooth and unbroken surface of the hemispherical cup A can be readily cleaned, and that the entire article is so constructed that it is not liable to break by the hard usage to which it may be exposed.

WVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A spittoon consisting of the hemispherical cup A and the truncated support B, forming a continuation of the top edge of the cup and extending from such top edge downward to a point below the lowermost part of the bottom surface of the cup to rest 011 the floor and sup port the cup free from contact with the floor, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses FREDERICH HABERMAN. Witnesses:

J. VAN SANTVOORD, W. HAUFF. 

